Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Tue. 06/07 - Humans' Unique Sleep Patternzzzzzz
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Tue. 06/07 - Humans' Unique Sleep Patternzzzzzz
Why is it that humans get less sleep than all other primates? And are “short sleepers” really a thing? Plus, “mountains” of sugar have been discovered all over the world, hiding beneath meadows of seagrass. And, bad news for plant parents, new findings explain why plants apparently get super stressed out from physical touch.
Sponsor:
- Indeed, Get a free $75 credit PLUS earn up to $500 extra in sponsored job credits with Indeed’s Virtual Interviews at Indeed.com/goodnews
Links:
Why humans get less sleep than other primates (BBC Future)
Some People Have a Superhuman Strength: Only Needing 4 Hours of Sleep (Popular Mechanics)
Mountains of sugar have been found in the ocean under seagrass meadows (The Weather Network)
Sweet spots in the sea: Mountains of sugar under seagrass meadows (Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology)
Biologists May Have Solved a 30-Year-Old Mystery on Why Touch Stresses Plants Out (Science Alert)
What happens when plants have stress reactions to touch (Lund University) Jackson Bird on Twitter
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View all episodes
By Cool Stuff Ride Home
4.6
729729 ratings
Why is it that humans get less sleep than all other primates? And are “short sleepers” really a thing? Plus, “mountains” of sugar have been discovered all over the world, hiding beneath meadows of seagrass. And, bad news for plant parents, new findings explain why plants apparently get super stressed out from physical touch.
Sponsor:
- Indeed, Get a free $75 credit PLUS earn up to $500 extra in sponsored job credits with Indeed’s Virtual Interviews at Indeed.com/goodnews
Links:
Why humans get less sleep than other primates (BBC Future)
Some People Have a Superhuman Strength: Only Needing 4 Hours of Sleep (Popular Mechanics)
Mountains of sugar have been found in the ocean under seagrass meadows (The Weather Network)
Sweet spots in the sea: Mountains of sugar under seagrass meadows (Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology)
Biologists May Have Solved a 30-Year-Old Mystery on Why Touch Stresses Plants Out (Science Alert)
What happens when plants have stress reactions to touch (Lund University) Jackson Bird on Twitter
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More shows like Cool Stuff Ride Home
View all
Stuff You Should Know
78,277 Listeners
Freakonomics Radio
32,075 Listeners
Hidden Brain
43,540 Listeners
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
38,736 Listeners
NPR News Now
14,360 Listeners
PBS News Hour - Full Show
2,380 Listeners
WSJ What’s News
4,362 Listeners
BrainStuff
1,636 Listeners
Science Friday
6,354 Listeners
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio
2,987 Listeners
Up First from NPR
56,420 Listeners
Tech Brew Ride Home
968 Listeners
Fiction - Comedy Fiction
6,450 Listeners
People I (Mostly) Admire
2,105 Listeners
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
1,711 Listeners